DC ZIP Profile
Population Public Assistance
Population by Race/Ethnicity Housing Conditions
Family Risk Factors Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Isolation Indicators Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Child Well-Being Indicators Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Income Conditions  
 
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ZIP 20020

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Population
Population, 1980 61,248 22,797 598 72,010
Population, 1990 53,583 21,675 458 61,625
Population, 2000 49,343 20,431 553 58,213
% change population, 1980-1990 -13 -4.9 -31 34
% change population, 1990-2000 -7.9 -5.7 -45 90
% children, 1980 33 22 0.5 40
% children, 1990 29 19 0.6 38
% children, 2000 32 20 0.0 37
% change child population, 1980-1990 -25 -19 -87 52
% change child population, 1990-2000 4.2 -2.0 -100 296
% foreign born, 1980 1.8 6.4 1.2 38
% foreign born, 1990 1.4 9.7 0.9 60
% foreign born, 2000 1.4 13 1.1 43
% same house 5 years ago, 1990 59 53 12 69
% same house 5 years ago, 2000 58 50 1.6 65
Population by Race/Ethnicity
% black non-Hispanic, 1990 95 65 3.3 98
% black non-Hispanic, 2000 97 61 4.0 98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990 3.5 27 0.7 86
% white non-Hispanic, 2000 1.7 28 0.6 84
% Hispanic, 1990 0.9 5.2 0.4 21
% Hispanic, 2000 0.7 7.9 0.7 32
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990 0.2 1.8 0.1 64
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000 0.3 3.0 0.3 40
Family Risk Factors
Poverty rate (%), 1980 25 19 3.0 28
Poverty rate (%), 1990 24 17 4.0 52
Poverty rate (%), 2000 33 20 2.5 71
Unemployment rate (%), 1980 8.1 6.8 1.0 11
Unemployment rate (%), 1990 10 7.2 1.9 16
Unemployment rate (%), 2000 18 11 1.7 60
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1980 60 59 39 79
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 1990 58 62 32 84
% pop. 16+ yrs. employed, 2000 46 57 31 84
% persons without HS diploma, 1980 40 33 5.2 56
% persons without HS diploma, 1990 35 27 2.6 49
% persons without HS diploma, 2000 30 22 2.2 40
% female-headed families with children, 1990 70 54 0.0 77
% female-headed families with children, 2000 71 52 0.0 76
Isolation Indicators
% HHs with a phone, 2000 97 97 94 100
% HHs with a car, 2000 56 63 24 96
Child Well-Being Indicators
% children in poverty, 1990 38 25 0.6 58
% children in poverty, 2000 48 32 0.9 60
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1998 17 13 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 1999 15 13 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2000 16 12 0.0 18
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2001 14 12 2.3 40
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2002 15 12 0.0 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2003 15 11 0.0 25
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2004 15 11 4.3 33
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2005 12 11 0.0 17
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2006 16 11 0.0 19
% low weight births (under 5.5 lbs), 2007 14 11 0.0 17
% births to teen mothers, 1998 21 15 0.0 44
% births to teen mothers, 1999 22 15 0.0 23
% births to teen mothers, 2000 21 14 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2001 19 13 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2002 19 13 0.0 33
% births to teen mothers, 2003 17 11 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2004 17 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2005 18 11 0.0 19
% births to teen mothers, 2006 19 12 0.0 21
% births to teen mothers, 2007 20 12 0.0 20
Income Conditions
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1979 41,693 59,101 35,524 131,814
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1989 44,051 71,274 27,127 176,227
Avg. family income (1999 $), 1999 40,335 78,192 30,576 200,052
% change in avg. family income, 1980-1990 5.7 21 -55 48
% change in avg. family income, 1990-2000 -8.4 9.7 -66 226
Public Assistance
Persons receiving food stamps, 2000 14,899 2,875 6.0 14,899
Persons receiving food stamps, 2001 13,867 2,726 17 14,301
Persons receiving food stamps, 2002 14,188 2,791 14 14,699
Persons receiving food stamps, 2003 15,437 3,032 13 15,453
Persons receiving food stamps, 2004 16,425 3,215 8.0 16,425
Persons receiving food stamps, 2005 17,003 3,288 8.0 17,169
Persons receiving food stamps, 2006 16,695 3,243 5.0 17,694
Persons receiving food stamps, 2007 16,673 3,193 7.0 17,332
Persons receiving food stamps, 2008 17,374 3,325 13 17,859
Persons receiving food stamps, 2009 19,934 3,844 9.0 20,677
Persons receiving TANF, 1998 12,438 2,103 0.0 12,438
Persons receiving TANF, 1999 10,977 1,830 0.0 10,977
Persons receiving TANF, 2000 9,769 1,663 0.0 9,769
Persons receiving TANF, 2001 9,742 1,655 0.0 9,742
Persons receiving TANF, 2002 9,711 1,681 0.0 9,711
Persons receiving TANF, 2003 9,863 1,691 0.0 9,863
Persons receiving TANF, 2004 10,314 1,748 0.0 10,314
Persons receiving TANF, 2005 10,233 1,716 6.0 10,233
Persons receiving TANF, 2006 9,630 1,593 0.0 9,630
Persons receiving TANF, 2007 9,222 1,513 6.0 9,222
Persons receiving TANF, 2008 9,274 1,511 0.0 9,274
Persons receiving TANF, 2009 10,092 1,612 0.0 10,092
Housing Conditions
Occupied housing units, 1980 21,735 9,041 139 25,720
Occupied housing units, 1990 19,982 8,916 15 23,746
Occupied housing units, 2000 19,237 8,869 30 25,054
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1980 7.4 6.0 1.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 1990 12 8.0 3.8 14
Rental vacancy rate (%), 2000 9.2 6.2 0.0 16
Homeownership rate (%), 1980 29 35 1.4 67
Homeownership rate (%), 1990 30 39 0.9 100
Homeownership rate (%), 2000 31 41 3.2 73
Housing Market (Single-Family Homes)
Number of sales, 1995 180 111 0.0 424
Number of sales, 1996 177 122 0.0 457
Number of sales, 1997 208 141 0.0 528
Number of sales, 1998 242 190 0.0 774
Number of sales, 1999 246 182 0.0 764
Number of sales, 2000 204 150 0.0 622
Number of sales, 2001 209 151 0.0 625
Number of sales, 2002 220 151 0.0 621
Number of sales, 2003 179 149 0.0 607
Number of sales, 2004 241 169 0.0 720
Number of sales, 2005 243 157 0.0 728
Number of sales, 2006 260 129 0.0 529
Number of sales, 2007 184 110 0.0 424
Number of sales, 2008 148 78 0.0 254
Number of sales, 2009 95 83 0.0 332
Median sales price (2009 $), 1995 131,000 204,000 113,000 507,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1996 123,000 185,000 111,000 498,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1997 129,000 186,000 106,000 548,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1998 121,000 200,000 103,000 591,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 1999 124,000 214,000 102,000 690,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2000 134,000 272,000 106,000 685,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2001 139,000 291,000 121,000 874,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2002 156,000 329,000 131,000 894,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2003 183,000 348,000 150,000 961,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2004 193,000 452,000 170,000 1,106,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2005 247,000 491,000 220,000 1,175,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2006 293,000 496,000 266,000 1,141,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2007 305,000 491,000 277,000 1,022,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2008 311,000 459,000 264,000 993,000
Median sales price (2009 $), 2009 240,000 399,000 195,000 987,000
% annual change median price, 1999-2009 6.8 6.4 3.6 12
% annual change median price, 2004-2009 4.4 -2.5 -2.2 6.4
% annual change median price, 2008-2009 -23 -13 -26 6.2
Mortgage Lending (Home Purchase Loans)
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1997 15 39 0.0 350
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1998 21 53 1.5 250
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 1999 27 59 0.0 193
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2000 30 61 6.8 175
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2001 35 63 4.5 196
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2002 37 67 1.5 213
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2003 42 71 0.0 584
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2004 52 88 1.5 732
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2005 66 102 0.0 3,533
Loans per 1,000 housing units, 2006 76 94 0.0 943
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1997 43,042 78,470 0.0 180,875
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1998 44,364 81,199 21,561 140,695
Median borrower income (2006 $), 1999 48,339 72,783 0.0 145,636
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2000 46,398 85,149 31,582 157,792
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2001 52,559 90,913 42,969 171,802
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2002 50,793 89,468 45,427 168,891
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2003 55,716 91,458 0.0 264,052
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2004 62,104 99,731 34,151 175,915
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2005 68,088 105,915 66,300 183,527
Median borrower income (2006 $), 2006 72,610 113,881 67,516 192,365
% subprime loans, 1997 12 3.9 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 1998 31 5.9 0.0 33
% subprime loans, 1999 25 4.5 0.0 28
% subprime loans, 2000 13 5.1 0.0 27
% subprime loans, 2001 9.3 3.1 0.0 9.3
% subprime loans, 2002 4.3 2.8 0.0 11
% subprime loans, 2003 11 3.6 0.0 12
% subprime loans, 2004 12 5.3 0.0 13
% subprime loans, 2005 22 10 0.0 100
% subprime loans, 2006 16 8.7 0.0 67
Reported Crimes (per 1,000 pop.)
Violent crimes, 2000 20 15 0.2 94
Violent crimes, 2001 21 16 0.0 73
Violent crimes, 2002 21 16 0.0 45
Violent crimes, 2003 20 16 0.2 38
Violent crimes, 2004 18 14 0.2 39
Violent crimes, 2005 18 14 0.0 60
Violent crimes, 2006 19 14 0.0 63
Violent crimes, 2007 20 14 0.0 52
Property crimes, 2000 40 54 0.7 786
Property crimes, 2001 44 56 0.0 702
Property crimes, 2002 46 55 0.4 492
Property crimes, 2003 50 55 0.7 402
Property crimes, 2004 40 48 1.1 267
Property crimes, 2005 35 44 0.9 342
Property crimes, 2006 33 43 0.9 305
Property crimes, 2007 44 48 1.5 334

Notes:
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Prepared by NeighborhoodInfo DC (revised April 22, 2010).
 
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